Merry Christmas!!!! Cookies and Crackers

 This year's theme is based on a pastry chef nutcracker made in the region of Erzgebirge, Germany- the Christmas region  by Christian Ulbricht.  Nutcrackers are hand made from the local forest.  They have the tradition of bringing good luck to the home and are perfect housewarming or hostess gifts.  Judge Drosselmeier, godfather to Clara and Fritz, brought one to their Christmas Eve party which became the setting for The Nutcracker Suite. These carving also are rumored to ward off malevolent spirits or in 2021 viruses

pastry chef nutcracker

This was my muse and then it just became fun:

And of course the cookie part

Peppermint bark turned into some really scary nutcracker soldiers

I had to watercolor some nutcrackers

I wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a joyous grateful and healthy 2022

Love Denise

 Rose

Bullet

Poppy 

LuLu

& Charlotte